Display VS Screen

Doug Luurs doug at borisch.com
Thu Jun 1 06:36:07 PDT 2006



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> Of Lerebours, Jose
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> Subject: RE: Display VS Screen
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> 
> Rick expressed his gratitude:
>  
> > 
> > I had never noticed that command and it works correctly.
> > 
> > This list is worth 20 times what I pay for it.  Maybe 100!
> > 
> > Thank you for the quick response and the correct answer.
> > 
> 
> There is one catch ...  By using "switchto" you keep 
> your new screen but what happens if your user presses
> X and then 3?  Your user is now adding a new record
> starting at the last switched screen - God forbid if
> this screen does not have open fields ... and user attempts
> to add a new record.
> 
> Just make sure you have code to counter this potential
> problem.
> 
> 
> Regards;
> 
> 
> Jose Lerebours
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Personally .. If I have a display only screen, I always have a one
character
field on the screen somewhere to prevent the Dread Whoops "Where'd those

80,000 extra records come from".

No coding needed (Other then x(1) ).

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